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View Poll Results: What purchase decision do you make?
Buy with the intent of staying long term. 11 44.00%
Buy, stay a few years, then move to higher-priced home. 3 12.00%
Decline and keep looking for an adequate home at a similar price. 5 20.00%
Decline and start looking in higher-priced neighborhoods. 6 24.00%
Voters: 25. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 03-08-2013, 11:49 AM
 
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If the parents can't afford a nice home, I don't want my kids socializing with those hood rats!
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Old 03-08-2013, 12:47 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Thank you everyone for the (mostly) thoughtful responses! So very interesting, the divergence of opinion. Please keep the discussion and polling going - and I should have added during the OP, use your "Houston frame of reference" when contributing your thoughts (I think most of you are anyway).
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Old 03-08-2013, 01:36 PM
 
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Run like the wind.

The ISD demographers are saying a low income school population around about 25% is ok. When you get to 50-65% the rest of the subdivisions will suffer decreased value.

I know this because I bought into a 400K subdivision and watched while the low income at my high school went from 8% to 65%. The demographer used by my district testified at a hearing in FT. Bend county regarding a housing development.

Her testimony informs me that my ISD has flushed an entire community of homes. We are walking distance to another high school, but are bused to the 65% low income district. Our values dropped an average of 45% last year.
Wow. Sorry to hear that. It is every homeowner's worst nightmare when their property value tanks like that.

Interesting info regarding the ISD demographer's findings.

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Old 03-08-2013, 04:01 PM
 
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OOPS. no typing and talking for me. Not smart enough. Should be $45000, not 45%.
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